first ranked defensive rating by year

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had a defensive rating of 88.8 in 1973-74.

Interpreted as:
first ranked defensive rating by a player by year
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
88.8
1973-74
81
43.8
27.0
14.5
4.8
1.4
3.5
11.7
21.7
53.9
3.6
5.2
70.2
56.4
3.5
11.0
3,548
2,191
1,178
386
112
283
238
2Mahdi Abdul-Rahman
M. Abdul-Rahman
100.2
1973-74
49
11.7
3.8
1.2
2.5
0.5
0.1
1.6
3.7
42.2
0.7
0.9
75.6
46.5
0.4
0.8
571
186
57
122
26
6
78
3Zaid Abdul-Aziz
Z. Abdul-Aziz
95.7
1973-74
79
31.1
10.9
11.7
2.1
1.0
1.3
4.3
9.3
45.9
2.4
3.0
80.4
51.6
3.3
8.4
2,459
865
923
166
80
104
227
4Don Adams
D. Adams
94.0
1973-74
74
31.1
10.3
6.1
1.9
1.5
0.2
4.1
10.0
40.8
2.1
2.7
76.1
45.7
1.8
4.3
2,298
759
448
141
110
12
242
5Rick Adelman
R. Adelman
94.1
1973-74
55
11.2
3.3
1.3
1.0
0.7
0.0
1.2
3.1
37.6
1.0
1.4
71.1
44.7
0.3
1.0
618
182
69
56
36
1
63
6Lucius Allen
L. Allen
94.8
1973-74
72
33.2
17.6
4.0
5.2
1.9
0.3
7.3
14.8
49.5
3.0
3.8
78.8
53.6
1.2
2.8
2,388
1,268
291
374
137
22
215
7Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
102.4
1973-74
35
36.3
17.6
2.4
7.6
1.6
0.2
6.3
14.1
45.1
4.9
6.0
82.0
52.7
0.6
1.8
1,272
617
85
266
56
7
76
8Dennis Awtrey
D. Awtrey
93.5
1973-74
68
11.1
2.7
2.6
1.3
0.3
0.2
1.0
1.8
52.8
0.8
1.4
57.4
56.0
0.7
1.8
756
184
174
86
22
14
128
9Mike Bantom
M. Bantom
100.7
1973-74
76
26.1
10.1
6.8
2.1
0.7
0.6
4.1
10.4
39.9
1.9
2.8
66.2
43.7
2.3
4.6
1,982
769
519
163
50
47
289
10Dick Barnett
D. Barnett
99.4
1973-74
5
11.6
4.4
0.8
1.2
0.2
0.0
2.0
5.2
38.5
0.4
0.6
66.7
40.3
0.2
0.6
58
22
4
6
1
0
2
11Jim Barnett
J. Barnett
101.1
1973-74
77
21.9
11.5
2.9
2.7
0.7
0.1
4.5
9.8
46.4
2.4
2.9
81.4
51.7
1.0
1.9
1,689
884
222
209
56
11
146
12Rick Barry
R. Barry
96.8
1973-74
80
36.5
25.1
6.8
6.1
2.1
0.5
10.0
21.8
45.6
5.2
5.8
89.9
51.5
1.3
5.5
2,918
2,009
540
484
169
40
265
13Butch Beard
B. Beard
98.8
1973-74
79
27.0
10.2
4.9
3.8
1.3
0.1
4.0
7.8
51.2
2.2
3.0
73.9
55.9
1.7
3.2
2,134
805
389
300
105
9
241
14Ron Behagen
R. Behagen
99.1
1973-74
80
25.7
11.0
7.1
1.7
0.7
0.5
4.5
10.3
43.2
2.0
2.7
76.4
47.6
2.4
4.7
2,059
876
567
134
56
37
291
15Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
98.7
1973-74
77
31.7
13.1
9.6
2.5
0.7
0.6
5.1
10.4
48.6
3.0
5.0
60.8
52.1
3.4
6.2
2,440
1,011
740
189
52
48
232
16Dennis Bell
D. Bell
102.6
1973-74
1
4.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
17Henry Bibby
H. Bibby
93.5
1973-74
66
14.9
7.5
2.0
1.4
1.0
0.0
3.2
7.0
45.2
1.1
1.3
83.0
48.9
0.7
1.3
986
493
133
91
65
2
123
18Dave Bing
D. Bing
97.8
1973-74
81
38.6
18.8
3.5
6.9
1.3
0.2
7.2
16.5
43.6
4.4
5.4
81.3
49.7
1.3
2.1
3,124
1,520
281
555
109
17
216
19John Block
J. Block
99.2
1973-74
82
21.7
8.7
4.7
1.1
0.8
0.4
3.4
7.7
43.4
2.0
2.5
79.6
49.3
1.6
3.2
1,777
714
389
94
68
35
229
20Tom Boerwinkle
T. Boerwinkle
90.2
1973-74
46
13.1
3.4
4.6
2.0
0.3
0.4
1.3
2.6
48.7
0.9
1.3
70.0
54.3
1.2
3.5
602
158
213
94
16
18
80
21Freddie Boyd
F. Boyd
102.7
1973-74
75
24.2
9.5
1.2
3.3
0.8
0.1
3.8
9.5
40.2
1.9
2.6
72.3
44.7
0.2
1.0
1,818
713
93
249
60
9
173
22Steve Bracey
S. Bracey
100.8
1973-74
75
19.5
7.3
1.9
3.1
0.8
0.1
3.2
6.9
46.3
0.9
1.3
71.9
49.0
0.3
1.6
1,463
551
146
231
60
5
157
23Bill Bradley
B. Bradley
98.6
1973-74
82
34.3
14.0
3.1
3.0
0.5
0.3
6.1
13.6
45.1
1.8
2.0
87.4
48.5
0.7
2.4
2,813
1,150
253
242
42
21
278
24Jim Brewer
J. Brewer
99.3
1973-74
82
22.7
6.1
6.4
1.8
0.6
0.4
2.6
6.7
38.3
1.0
1.5
65.0
41.5
2.5
3.9
1,862
500
524
149
46
35
192
25Bill Bridges
B. Bridges
97.2
1973-74
65
27.9
8.4
7.7
2.3
0.9
0.5
3.3
7.9
42.1
1.8
2.5
70.7
46.8
3.0
4.7
1,812
548
499
148
58
31
219
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